The Emmet J. and Mary Martha Doerr Center for Social Justice Education and Research is an independently funded center within the School of Social Work that promotes long range solutions to social problems through education and research.

The Center's work draws on the social work profession's tradition of addressing structural issues at the root of many of the problems of human, community and international relations. By offering students opportunities to engage the issues at the systemic level, in both academic and practice environments, and by promoting academic research in social work and related disciplines, the Center advances knowledge, critical thinking and open dialogue about our understanding and implementation of social justice in today's world.